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§ 7-7-17 NMSA 1978

Payment of estate tax in works of art

1978 Comp., § 7-7-17, enacted by Laws 1983, ch. 209, § 3.

A decedent's estate may pay all or part of any tax owed by the decedent's estate to the state by payment in the form of one or more works of art in the manner provided by the Art Acceptance Act [ 7-7-15 to 7-7-20 NMSA 1978], provided:

A. the decedent has so directed by a will; or

B. in the absence of a direction in the decedent's will, the personal representative finds that this method of payment is advantageous to the estate.

Official source: NMOneSource (New Mexico Compilation Commission). Reproduced from public-domain New Mexico statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.